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A group of American sommeliers is visiting Georgia for a week tour, under the frame of which the wine professionals will see wine cellars in Samegrelo, Imereti, Kartli and Kakheti. The visit was organized by the National Wine Agency. The guests have already tasted wines in the Western Georgia and now, they are in Kakheti.
一個美國侍酒師代表將對格魯吉亞展開為期一周的訪問考察，在此期間，這些葡萄酒專業人士將參觀薩梅格列羅、伊梅列季、卡爾特里和卡赫基的酒莊。本次考察由格魯吉亞國家葡萄酒局主辦，代表團成員們已經品嘗了格魯吉亞西部地區的葡萄酒，而今他們來到了卡赫基。
The group of wine professionals is headed by the chair of “Marq Energie”, Agency contractor American marketing company, Julie Peterson, who states, that the interest towards Georgian wine on the US market is progressive.
格魯吉亞國家葡萄酒局在美國的簽約營銷公司“Marq Energie”董事長朱莉·彼得森任代表團團長，她表示美國市場對格魯吉亞葡萄酒的興趣正在升溫。
“We are here this week in Georgia with a group of sommeliers from the US market, from some of the top restaurants in the US market, because we are trying to introduce them also to the exciting wine environment that is happening in Georgia right now, already in this year, exports have been up 43% from last year to the US market, so we just want to continue introducing the trade to all the producers here in the market, we are bringing importers and media, this group and particular sommeliers from Chicago, Saint Louis and New York City, they have just had an amazing week so far, learning about the diversity of the grapes from Georgia and the producers, so we just look for to the rest of the week and we have a waiting list of other sommeliers from the US market who are really interested in exploring and understanding what is happening in Georgia right now” - stated Julie Peterson.
“本周我們和來自美國市場的侍酒師代表團一同來到這里，為了使他們了解目前格魯吉亞葡萄酒大環境的繁榮態勢。僅僅在今年，格魯吉亞葡萄酒對美出口與去年同期相比便激增了43%，因此我們希望繼續推動美國葡萄酒行業對此的了解。我們邀請了來自芝加哥、圣路易斯和紐約市的進口商、媒體人士、特別是侍酒師來到這里，他們度過了精彩的一周，格魯吉亞的葡萄品種和酒莊給他們留下了深刻印象，對于接下來的行程我們拭目以待，我們在美國還有一份長長的候選名單，活躍于美國市場的許多侍酒師對探索和了解格魯吉亞葡萄酒目前狀況興味盎然。”朱莉·彼得森說。
The sommelier of one of the top restaurants in New York, James Slay is specially attracted by Aladasturi. He says that it's been a long time he wanted to come to Georgia and taste the wines on the place of it's birth.
來自紐約一家頂級餐廳的侍酒師詹姆斯·斯雷被阿拉達斯圖利葡萄酒深深吸引，他表示：自己一直期待著來到格魯吉亞，親自在葡萄酒的誕生地品嘗佳釀。
“Wine is made by traditional methods in Georgia, but they are experimenting and changing, that's what really inspired me to come on this trip. In addition to that, what I have learnt or started to understand is moving across the country starting in Tbilisi, and going all the way to Imereti and coming all the way back here in Kakheti seeing the range and the diversity in terms of regionality, and in terms of being able to stand in he place and feel the sun here, the way the rain feels, the way the air feels and the great varieties being different in styles and wine being different and the lightness and the freshness of Western wines and intensity and the power and concentration and structure of the Eastern wines, I started to understand Georgian Wine not just as a single thing, not just as Georgian wine, but as a whole spectrum of different sort of possibilities and flavors and even though I have tasted 30 Georgian wines, I came here and tasted so many great varieties I had never tasted before, Aladasturi for example in Imereti was like I could not believe what I was tasting, I've never had anything like that not from Georgia, not really from anywhere” - stated the sommelier.
“在格魯吉亞，人們仍然沿用傳統釀酒技藝，但實驗和變化正在發生，這正是促使我來到這里的原因。此外，我了解到——或者說是開始明白——當我穿越這片土地，從第比利斯到伊梅列季，再回到卡赫基，我目睹了廣闊的土地和多姿多彩的地區特色，我站在這里，感受這里的陽光，雨水，空氣和獨具特色的葡萄酒，西部葡萄酒輕快爽口，而東部葡萄酒醇厚濃郁，富于力量和厚重感。我開始理解格魯吉亞葡萄酒并非孤立的個體，而有層出不窮的可能性，各具特色的風味，雖然我已經品嘗過30款格魯吉亞葡萄酒，但當我來到這里，我品嘗到之前從未品嘗過的，令人驚艷的葡萄酒，比如產于伊梅列季的阿拉達斯圖利，簡直難以置信，我在格魯吉亞以外的地方——事實上在任何地方——都沒有品嘗過這款佳釀。”這位侍酒師說。
Under the frame of the tour, American sommeliers had the opportunity to visit the following wine companies: “Iago Wines”, “Chateau Mukhrani”, “Ramaz Nikoladze Wines”, “Oda Family Winery”, “Vino Martville”, “Vartsikhe Marani”, “Winery Khareba – Imereti”, “ Telavi Wine Cellar”, “Tchotiashvili Wine Cellar”, “Schuchmann Wines”, “Orgo/Vita Vinea”,”Shalauri Cellars”, “Shumi”,”Chelti”, “Papari Valley”, “Joni Oqro”, “Pheasant's Tears”, “Askaneli Brothers”, “Shavnabada”, “Lukasi”, they also visited Qvevri-maker, Zaza Kbilashvili.
旅行考察期間，美國侍酒師參觀了下列葡萄酒公司：“Iago葡萄酒公司”、 “穆庫堡”、 “Ramaz Nikoladze葡萄酒公司”、“Oda家庭釀酒廠”、“Vino Martville”、“Vartsikhe Marani”、“伊梅列季海列巴釀酒廠”、“ 特拉維酒窖”, “Tchotiashvili 酒窖”、“Schuchmann葡萄酒公司”、“Orgo/Vita Vinea”、”Shalauri酒窖”, “Shumi”、”Chelti”, “Papari Valley”、“Joni Oqro”、“山雞之淚”, “Askaneli兄弟公司”、 “Shavnabada”、“Lukasi”，他們還訪問了qvevri陶罐制作師札札·赫比拉什維利（Zaza Kbilashvili）。
The USA is one of the potentially progressive and important export market for Georgian wine. Marketing activities in the US will provide Georgian wine publicity growth and popularization in the US market and widening Georgian wine export area in general. According to the data of 6 months of the current year, 176 274 bottles (0,75) of wine have been exported from Georgia to the Us, that is 43% higher than the similar data of the previous year.
作為格魯吉亞葡萄酒重要出口市場之一，美國蘊含著巨大的上升潛力。營銷活動將擴大格魯吉亞葡萄酒在美國市場的知名度和消費者好感度，并從總體上擴大格魯吉亞葡萄酒的出口規模。今年前6個月的數據顯示：格魯吉亞對美出口葡萄酒已達176,274瓶（每瓶750毫升），比去年同期增加43%。
